Shirt



UNITED STATES THOMAS KIMBALL, OF (JHICAGO, ILLINOIS.`

I PATENT OFFICE.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,744, dated May 15,1883.

Application filed January 9, 1883. (No model.) V

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS KIMBALL, of Chicago, Cook county, and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Reversible Shirt, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rIhe object ot' my invention is to provide a garment that may be worn toshow a plain bosom, and when turned inside ont exhibits a laced or fancybosom. Y

The invention consists in a shirt made with a bosom, as usual, and ttedat the back with naps forming a separate laced bosom, as here inafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding` parts in all the figures.

Figurel l is a front view of the reversible shirt with the plain bosomoutward. Fig. 2 shows the garment reversed,and Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionof the bosom portion.

The body A may be ot' any suitable material, either white or coloredgoods, of cotton, linen, or wool. Both sides maybe plain or bothfigured; or one side may be figured. The bosom a is shown single and ofusual construction; but it may be double, and the garment open at theback instead of at the front, as shown. b b are flaps attached at theiredges at the back of bosom a, and provided in their adjoining edges witheyelet-holes for the cord c. The cord is to be applied when the garmentis worn with the bosom-flaps b at the outside; or, in case of a shirtopening at the back, the lacingcord may remain.

By this construction the shirt can be Worn as an ordinary plain shirt,and by being turned inside out is converted to a fancy shirt of thestyle known as lawn-tennis or yachting shirts. The construction wherebythis object is obtained does not add materially to the eX- pense, norrender the shirt inconvenient for wear.

I am aware that reversible or changeable bosoms have been applied toshirts; but they do not present a neat appearance when worn.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Paten t 'Ihe one-piece bosom a, attached at one side to theshirt, bnttoned thereto at the middle, and free at the other side, incombination with the shirt'body and the aps b b, the latter eyeleted andarranged on the opposite side ofthe shirt material, as and t'or thepurpose specified.

THOMAS KIMBAIIL.

\Vituesses:

CHARLES C. NARDIN, CHAs. l\"l. UATLIN.

